Gender

Class Summary:Gender arguably is a learned behavior and school is a site for socialization of gender. it is where children learn there gender roles. Young boys learn that it is not cool to like Justin Bieber if you are a "real boy" and young girls learn what it means to be a young girl. This differs from the sex of a child because that is a biologically aquired trait. When discussing gender there are different views of gender development. Some believe that it comes from the way we are physically composed or "biological". Others believe it comes from social learning: the child watches or observes role models and learns his or her gender role. For example if a child only grows up with a male figure in her life, she may be a tom boy or aquire traits that are seen typically as masculine. Another theory is the cognitive development theory: this is another ages and stages theory and it is described as the way a child thinks about gender and it progresses as they age. The last theory is the gender schema theory: this discounts the cognitive development theory and says that the brain is like a computer and therefore the idea of gender does not develop it looks at the way a child processes information about gender.
Blog Question: Select some well-known person as representing the ideal each of feminitiy and masculinty. Give 3 reasons for each.

Feminity: WONDER WOMAN
1. Does good for the world-kind caring compassionate
2. Pretty- has feminine characteristics
3. Polite

Masculinity:
1. Built-strong
2. Family orientated- married
3. Well off